Daily Bible Readings

Scripture: Psalm 86:15, 1615But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.16Turn to me and have mercy on me;show your strength in behalf of your servant;save me, because I serve youjust as my mother did.
Questions for Reflection:How does...

Scripture: Psalm 51For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.1Have mercy on me, O God,according to your unfailing love;according to your great compassionblot out my transgressions.2Wash away all my...

Scripture: Ephesians 2:4, 54But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Questions for Reflection:As we look again at this passage, note the first word. Any time you...

1 John 1:8, 108If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
Questions for Reflection:The apostle John wanted to make sure that the leaders he was pouring into understood...

Scripture: Mark 7:14-2314Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them. ” 17After he had left the crowd and entered...

Scripture: Romans 5:12-1412Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 13To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where...

Scripture: Romans 3:19-20, 2319Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather...

Scripture: Psalm 53:1-31The fool says in his heart,“There is no God.”They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;there is no one who does good.2God looks down from heavenon all mankindto see if there are any who understand,any who seek God.3Everyone has turned away, all have become...

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-71Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees...

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-31As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at...